On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, I, the defendant in the above-entitled criminal action was unfairly arrested for violation of Alaska Statute 11.61.110:

(a) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if,
(1) with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another not physically on the same premises or with reckless disregard that the conduct is having that effect after being informed that it is having that effect, the person makes unreasonably loud noise;
(2) in a public place or in a private place of another without consent, and with intent to disturb the peace and privacy of another or with reckless disregard that the conduct is having that effect after being informed that it is having that effect, the person makes unreasonably loud noise;
(3) in a public place, when a crime has occurred, the person refuses to comply with a lawful order of a peace officer to disperse;
(4) in a private place, the person refuses to comply with an order of a peace officer to leave premises in which the person has neither a right of possession nor the express invitation to remain of a person having a right of possession;
(5) in a public or private place, the person challenges another to fight or engages in fighting other than in self-defense;
(6) the person recklessly creates a hazardous condition for others by an act which has no legal justification or excuse; or
(7) the offender intentionally exposes the offender's buttock or anus to another with reckless disregard for the offensive or insulting effect the act may have on that person.
(b) As used in this section, "noise" is "unreasonably loud" if, considering the nature and purpose of the defendant's conduct and the circumstances known to the defendant, including the nature of the location and the time of day or night, the conduct involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would follow in the same situation. "Noise" does not include speech that is constitutionally protected.
(c) Disorderly conduct is a class B misdemeanor and is punishable as authorized in AS 12.55 except that a sentence of imprisonment, if imposed, shall be for a definite term of not more than 10 days.

FACTS: Operational Manager Cree Biggs of Jason's International Youth Hostel at 3324 Eide Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 is an extremely intimidating man who openly carries a firearm with two clips of ammuntion on his belt everywhere I've seen him go on the property, which is for the most part a very disorderly place where all residents are allowed to openly consume alcohol and where some people can disturb the peace at all times of day and night with impunity. His decision to enforce whatever rule he thought constituted disorderly conduct that early in the evening on Tuesday, March 22nd was done arbitrarily without warning of police contact and/or a pending arrest: One minute I'm sitting in the television room on the ground floor having a robust conversation with some fellow over a bottle of wine when a few seconds later Cree Biggs walks in with the Anchorage Police and off I go to jail for none of the justifiable reasons listed above. "For what? What for?"

ARGUMENT: (b) As used in this section, "noise" is "unreasonably loud" if, considering the nature and purpose of the defendant's conduct and the circumstances known to the defendant, including the nature of the location and the time of day or night, the conduct involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would follow in the same situation. "Noise" does not include speech that is constitutionally protected.

Being unarguably the most orderly tenant in that most disorderly, roach-infested place known as Jason's International Youth Hostel, I alone in apartment 6 was responsible for cleaning and reorganizing the shared kitchen and my assigned room, B, which were below municipal health and fire code standards before I corrected as many of the violations as I could find. What thanks do I get? Cree Biggs and his managerial assistant, "Brad", are accusing me of being disorderly in a building full of real noisy troublemakers. Me, of all the people there, who goes out of his way to avoid trouble, and who has never been accused of any crime more serious than trespassing, I'm arrested for something everyone else there can do to me daily with impunity: Disturb my PEACE! It's a double-standard.

CONCLUSION: For the reason stated above, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss should be granted.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Alaska that the foregoing is true and correct.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

201408081209 (Friday) This checklist [via KPlan] is not just all about the creation of my very first eBook on the subject of clandestine travel but an in-depth course of study on the travel writing genre itself.

201408151100 (Friday) No movement in the direction of eBook writing for over a week now because I've been too preoccupied with basic survival issues. Maybe I'll start today. All I have to do is just dig into my rucksack, pull out the book, and get to work on the first exercise.

Okay, time to go to work!

EXERCISE 1.

Q: What is your favorite destination?

A: Sand Island, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawai'i.

Q: Why? (Explain the appeal of the place.)

A: It's [technically] a state park and public beach area. The place has free campground facilities like toilets, showers, and picnic tables with BBQ grills. The most appealing thing about Sand Island is that a person could stretch out in a hammock at one of the old, abandoned softball field dugouts at night -- or camp for free on the nearby beach -- and enjoy a fantastic view of the Pacific Ocean (not to mention the spectacular Waikiki fireworks display on Friday nights).

Q: Where have you returned time and time again? (The reason might be: climate, history, land- or seascape, architecture, food, or some other quality or special characteristic. Try to write specific statements. "Nice people, pretty scenery, friendly atmosphere" are bland generalizations and inadequate for saleable travel articles. To help you get started, write: I see..., I hear..., I smell..., I walk... and fill in the blanks with specific adjectives and nouns or prepositional phrases and finish the sentences.)

A: I see small hills and mounds of red clay covered in wild, tall grass and thorn trees. I hear crashing surf upon sharp rocks and the jagged old iron of wrecks serving as breakers beyond the protected waters of the harbor where I go snorkeling. I smell charcoal grilling meat mingling with the salt air of the Pacific Ocean as I walk along the littered red clay path leading back to my breezy hooch where hammock awaits.